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Week 1 High School Football Schedule for the Lafayete, Louisiana Area
Summer workouts are done for high school football in Louisiana. So are scrimmages and jamborees. It's time to tee it up for real this week as the regular season begins. Several teams in the Acadiana area will be strong again this year as the road to the Caesars Superdome and the LHSAA State Football Championships begins.
Louisiana House Explodes Killing 16-Year-Old And Injuring 5 Others
A tragedy took place in Louisiana as a house exploded, killing one 16-year-old boy and injuring several others. Per PEOPLE, firefighters responded to a residential explosion early on August 31. According to the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal, a total of seven people were in the house at the time of the explosion.
When will Louisiana parents be able to apply for new private school tuition program?
Louisiana parents will be able to apply next spring for the first round of state government funding for private school tuition, tutoring and other educational expenses for the 2025 academic year under the state's new LA Gator Schoolarship Program. State public schools Superintendent Cade Brumley said the first famillies eligible for what are known as educational savings accounts will be the 6,000 students who already particpate in Louisiana's existing private school tuition voucher program followed by students...
Louisiana Utility Customers Being Threatened with Disconnection of Service
Scammers are calling customers claiming to be from their utility service and threatening to shut off their service if they don't pay up. Unfortunately, these scams are very successful across the state of Louisiana, and some in Acadiana are being targeted again. Why different variations of the scam have been...
Apple’s Shameless Exploit Of Louisiana And Will Smith
Apple Inc. has come under fire, as reports indicate the company meddled with a Louisiana law that may have hurt its profit margins. In 2021 Apple's subsidiary Apple Studios LLC was filming the movie Emancipation, starring Will Smith, in New Orleans after moving the filming location from Georgia due to the Election Integrity Act of 2021, a controversial act that tightened voting regulations in the state.
Grants for fortified roofs will be awarded to some La. residents
More money is available from the state for homeowners in 20 parishes hoping to “win” $10,000 for a fortified roof. Calcasieu and Cameron parishes are included. This time the $10,000 grant awards will be selected randomly, in the form of a lottery, instead of the first-come, first-served system. Registration opens Saturday, Sept. 18, at 8 […]
Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi are ‘very demure’; ranks in Top 5 states using viral term on social media
Across social media platforms, one of the most trending keywords is "demure." Data shows that Mississippi is the state with the most "demure" usage, followed by Louisiana. Other Southern states lead the trend across the U.S.
Will Executions Begin Again in Louisiana?
SHREVEPORT, LA – Louisiana has a total of 58 inmates on death row. But the state has not executed an inmate in nearly 25 years. The last execution in the state was in 2010. 19 of the death row inmates were sentenced to death for murders in northwest Louisiana.
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